http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2010/01/29/crosscurrents/ A School Library Journal Blog Sun, 05 Aug 2012 22:26:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2010/01/29/crosscurrents/comment-page-1/#comment-77 marc Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:52:40 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2010/01/29/crosscurrents/#comment-77 I also find kids open, curious, and surprised (or distressed) by a past that no one has ever shared with them. That blank slate does offer potential -- if we can find the way to make it feel like the start of an adventure. I also find kids open, curious, and surprised (or distressed) by a past that no one has ever shared with them. That blank slate does offer potential — if we can find the way to make it feel like the start of an adventure.

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2010/01/29/crosscurrents/comment-page-1/#comment-78 B Herrera Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:26:03 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2010/01/29/crosscurrents/#comment-78 Interesting post. Since I have been a high school teacher for 37 years, I no longer am amazed at how much our students DON'T know. I just try to explain a bit and point them in the direction where they can find out more. When I have a speaker or they research more about a time or place, they often become fascinated, wondering aloud why no one has ever told them such things existed. Interesting post. Since I have been a high school teacher for 37 years, I no longer am amazed at how much our students DON’T know. I just try to explain a bit and point them in the direction where they can find out more. When I have a speaker or they research more about a time or place, they often become fascinated, wondering aloud why no one has ever told them such things existed.

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